Chapter 2 Mr Douglas

Ben could not bring himself to concentrate on work even after he had gone back to serve Rose's table he could not get her out of his mind,all he could think of was her blue oceanic eyes.

He kept throwing darting glances at her table trying to get short glimpses of her while he worked.He went back to the work at hand even though he could feel the exhaustion kicking in,normally he worked as a kitchen assistant but today he had to work as a waiter due to how busy the restaurant was tonight.

Deciding to give total focus to work ,he resolved at taking one last glance at rose.But this time when he turned his head he equally found her staring at him. He widened his eyes in shock ,why was she staring at him,was she also interested in him as well he murmured.He shook his head with laughter,how delusional could he get why would she be interested in him perhaps she needed him to come and clear the table he thought.

Ben made his way to rose's table ,"The errand boy is here again"rose's friend said while the other cackled.Rose chided her friends"don't call him an errand boy are you both babies".She turned to him"What is your name?"she asked."Be...n",he stuttered."I didn't get that what did you say it was"Rose asked again for the second time.This time Ben regained composure of himself and answered confidently"Ben"he replied."Alright Ben could you bring the bill we are ready to leave"Rose said. After covering the bill rose and her friends left the restaurant.

Ben stared at her retreating figure in sadness,he looked at the table and grabbed the tip which she left for him ,Ben could not believe his eyes she left eight hundred dollars as his tip,As he counted the money a piece of paper fell out .He bent over to pick it from the floor and saw that a phone number was written on it.He turned it over and saw Rose's name written in neat,cursive letters.Ben could not believe it was rose interested in him?he thought in disbelief as he carefully folded the paper and put it in his pocket.

Mr douglas woke up exactly the same time each day and always repeated the same morning routine,his mornings entailed of him reading the news paper and hitting the in-house gym for exactly thirty minutes before he left for the state capitol at exactly 6:30am.Sometimes rose wondered why her father had become a politician and not a millitary soldier,he would have had no issues settling into the millitary since he was a very regimented person .

Mr douglas was a no nonsense man with a strong presence that demanded attention,As a politician he was loved by so many citizens who saw him as Godsent.Whenever he spoke to the crowd he moved the audience with reassuring and powerful words that incites hope.However Mr douglas was very dangerous and mean,he had no issue killing anybody who he felt might be a threat to his political ambitions.

His wife Laurette Douglas ,was once attracted to him and his charismatic personality,but now she loathed the man she married.He would go to any length to remain in power,she regretted marrying him the day she found out he carried out the execution of the wife of his political opposition,what worsened the matter was that the woman who was killed was heavily pregnant yet her husband did not hesitate to have her killed .What other atrocities has her husband commited laurette wonders.

Laurette feels the blood of the woman haunting her day in day out and she wasn't even the one who had her killed yet her husband does not seem to give a damn,she truly hated him from the depths of her heart and could not believe that she had married such a stone cold heartless bastard.

Their relationship was as strained as it could get,they slept in seperate rooms and hardly ever touched each other to ignite the flames of their passion and Laurette would have it no other way.He was a dark man and now that the initial facade of love had fizzled away she was well aware and recognized the fact that she might have married a beast.

The only thing about Douglas that Laurette admired was how much he loved their daughter rose,he would move mountains to ensure that his daughter was happy and fine. Sometimes Laurette envied rose it was obvious she had lost her husband a long time ago but at least rose didn't loose a father.She felt lonely in the big mansion they lived in,it felt cold and did not give a homely feeling.

Meanwhile in a modest house at the outskirts of town,Ben lived with his mother Margaret.Margaret was sick and suffering from cancer,Ben knew he would never be able to afford the chemotherapy treatment.As it was his family was struggling to feed,Most times he would forfeit his meals so that his younger sister could eat a much more bigger portion and even after all this she looked malnourished and weak.

As it was they were already in debt,years ago his mother had borrowed so much money in an attempt to pay for her husband's hospital bill .At the end of the day Ben's dad had died even after all the money they had borrowed.

His death sent shockwaves of sorrow to their entire family,for the longest time Ben's mother was weary and depressed until she realized that she had so much to live for and that she had to move on for the sake of her children.